''Lycianthes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
s from the nightshade family (
Solanaceae
Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. It contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many me ...
), found in both the
Old World
The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously ...
and the
New World
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: ...
, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia and the Pacific.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Lycianthes'' is closely related to the genus ''
Capsicum
''Capsicum'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the Solanum, nightshade family Solanaceae, native to the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their edible fruit, which are generally known as "peppers" or "capsicum". Chili peppers grow on five s ...
'', the chili and bell peppers. However, it was long confused with the
nightshade
Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. It contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many me ...
s (genus ''Solanum''), and several little-known ''Solanum'' species have now been reclassified to the genus ''Lycianthes''.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Lycianthes'':
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Lycianthes acapulcensis''
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Lycianthes aceratia''
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Lycianthes acidochondra''
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Lycianthes actinocalyx''
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Lycianthes acutifolia''
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Lycianthes amatitlanensis''
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Lycianthes amazonica
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes amphidoxys''
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Lycianthes anomala''
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Lycianthes apiculata''
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Lycianthes armentalis
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes arrazolensis
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes bambusarum
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes banahaensis
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes barbatula
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes baviensis
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes beckneriana
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes belensis
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes biflora
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes biformifolia
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes bigeminata
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia an ...
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Lycianthes bimensis''
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Lycianthes bitteri''
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Lycianthes bitteriana''
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Lycianthes boninensis''
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Lycianthes brachyanthera''
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Lycianthes brachyloba''
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Lycianthes breedlovei''
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Lycianthes bullata''
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Lycianthes caeciliae''
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Lycianthes caucaensis''
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Lycianthes ceratocalycia''
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Lycianthes chiapensis''
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Lycianthes chrysothrix''
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Lycianthes ciliolata''
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Lycianthes cladotrichota''
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Lycianthes coffeifolia''
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Lycianthes coloradensis''
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Lycianthes columbiana''
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Lycianthes connata''
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Lycianthes coriacea''
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Lycianthes crassipetala''
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Lycianthes cuchumatanensis''
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Lycianthes cundinamarcae''
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Lycianthes cutacensis''
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Lycianthes cyathocalyx''
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Lycianthes dejecta''
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Lycianthes dendriticothrix''
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Lycianthes dendropilosa''
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Lycianthes densestrigosa''
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Lycianthes denticulata''
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Lycianthes ecuadorensis''
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Lycianthes fasciculata''
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Lycianthes ferruginea''
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Lycianthes floccosa''
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Lycianthes fortunensis''
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Lycianthes francisci''
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Lycianthes fredyclaudiae''
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Lycianthes fugax''
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Lycianthes furcatistellata''
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Lycianthes geminiflora''
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Lycianthes glabripetala''
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Lycianthes glandulosa''
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Lycianthes gongylodes''
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Lycianthes gorgonea''
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Lycianthes grandifolia''
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Lycianthes heterochondra''
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Lycianthes heteroclita''
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Lycianthes hintonii''
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Lycianthes hortulana''
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Lycianthes howardiana''
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Lycianthes hupehensis''
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Lycianthes hygrophila''
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Lycianthes hypochrysea''
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Lycianthes hypoleuca''
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Lycianthes impar''
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Lycianthes inaequilatera''
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Lycianthes inconspicua''
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Lycianthes jaliscensis''
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Lycianthes jelskii''
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Lycianthes kaernbachii''
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Lycianthes laevis''
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Lycianthes lagunensis''
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Lycianthes lenta''
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Lycianthes leptocaulis''
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Lycianthes limitanea''
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Lycianthes lineata''
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Lycianthes lucens''
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Lycianthes lycioides''
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Lycianthes lysimachioides''
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Lycianthes macrodon''
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Lycianthes magdalenae''
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Lycianthes manantlanensis''
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Lycianthes mariovelizii''
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Lycianthes marlipoensis''
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Lycianthes maxonii''
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Lycianthes medusocalyx''
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Lycianthes michaelneei''
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Lycianthes minutipila''
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Lycianthes moszkowskii''
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Lycianthes mozinoana''
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Lycianthes multiflora''
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Lycianthes multifolia''
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Lycianthes neesiana''
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Lycianthes neglecta''
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Lycianthes nitida''
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Lycianthes novogranatensis''
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Lycianthes ocellata''
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Lycianthes oliveriana''
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Lycianthes orogenes''
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Lycianthes parasitica''
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Lycianthes pauciflora''
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Lycianthes peduncularis''
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Lycianthes peranomala''
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Lycianthes pilifera''
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Lycianthes poeppigii''
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Lycianthes porteriana''
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Lycianthes pringlei''
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Lycianthes profunderugosa''
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Lycianthes purpusii''
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Lycianthes quichensis''
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Lycianthes radiata''
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Lycianthes rafatorresii''
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Lycianthes rantonnetii
''Lycianthes rantonnetii'', the blue potato bush or Paraguay nightshade, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to South America. Growing to about tall and broad, it is a rounded evergreen shrub with a somew ...
'' – blue potato bush
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Lycianthes reflexa''
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Lycianthes repens''
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Lycianthes rimbachii''
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Lycianthes rostellata''
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Lycianthes rzedowskii''
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Lycianthes sanctae-marthae''
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Lycianthes sanctaeclarae''
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Lycianthes sancti-caroli''
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Lycianthes shanesii''
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Lycianthes shunningensis''
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Lycianthes sideroxyloides''
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Lycianthes sodiroi''
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Lycianthes sprucei''
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Lycianthes starbuckii''
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Lycianthes stellata''
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Lycianthes stenoloba''
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Lycianthes stephanocalyx''
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Lycianthes surotatensis''
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Lycianthes synanthera''
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Lycianthes talamancensis''
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Lycianthes tarapotensis''
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Lycianthes testacea''
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Lycianthes textitlaniana''
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Lycianthes tibetica''
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Lycianthes tricolor''
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Lycianthes tysoniana''
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Lycianthes urnigera''
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Lycianthes venturana''
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Lycianthes virgata''
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Lycianthes vitiensis''
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Lycianthes wollastonii''
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Lycianthes yunnanensis''
See also
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Nonochton
References
Solanaceae genera
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